The Mermaid has featured in Warsaw’s coat of arms for many centuries. Between 1811 – 1915, when Poland was partitioned, Warsaw’s emblem was officially banned. Yet the Varsovians increasingly started to place mermaid images in various parts of the city. As a result, Warsaw now boasts a great number of these images displayed in gates, balconies, stained glass windows, on facades, street lamps, neon signs, signboards, and institutional logos. The Warsaw Mermaid also features in many statues, sculptures and reliefs. The Varsowians are emotionally attached to them, which and literature these half-female, half-fish creature are depicted as mermaids while the symbol of Warsaw in Polish is referred to be means of the diminutive syrenka (little mermaid).
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